So far, so bad for Denver defending the low-post. Tonight, coach George Karl and the guys hope to improve against winless Detroit, though, as Karl said, “They’re big and strong. They pound. They’re kind of a rebounding monster. There’s going to be a little bit speed against size. We have to be aware of the wounded team. They’re searching for a win too, so we can’t let them get it here.”

Both Kenneth Faried and JaVale McGee were inconsistent in the first two games, but both guys bounced back and played with energy in the third game. Faried will start at power forward and Kosta Koufos will likely start at center: “Kosta is our fundamentally sound guy,” Karl said. “Miami, I thought the athleticism of the game was a little too quick for him. JaVale and Kenneth did a great job for us and we went that way.

“My only thing to my players was – a little more nasty, a little more angry, a little more physical when somebody is kicking your butt, instead of slow-moving reactions and excuses.”

Karl did take some of the blame for Bosh’s big night, because Denver hadn’t covered the “four-man I” offense with a big man yet in the preseason/early season.

Detroit big man Greg Monroe had 13 and 11 in last season’s meeting of the two teams. This season he is averaging 10.7 and 7.0, and last game he notched a career-high four steals at the Lakers.